Switcher Saturday: 2019-March-02

Happy SWSAT! Enjoy your weekend hang in there Spring is around the corner. 

Switching and pulling some C&O cars around ”Dough Hill”. All cars are Weaver.

Got this guy last week and absolutely love it - looks runs and sounds great 👍🏼 

Happy Switcher Saturday To All. Bangor & Aroostook GP7 #63 switching at Cape Shark.

Weaver has made a nice little road switcher, it has been available in different road names and seems easy to find on second hand market. Sad that they are not still in activity.

Daniel

@lee drennen - I love that little switcher, great C&O cars too!

@dorfj2 - great new switcher!  Is it the LC+ one?  now I want one!

@BAR GP7 #63 - as usual, I'm in awe looking at your Cape Shark pictures, the weathering on that sugar car is incredible!

@FRENCHTRAINS - I agree 100%, Weaver made some really nice steam engines, every time I see one at a show I'm tempted to grab it.  They carry their value forever too, there's a B&O Weaver switcher (brass) on eBay right now for around $500 and it will probably sell at that price.

I'll be offline a bit, everyone have a great day...Rich

For today’s SWSAT, I have two 4-6-0 “Ten-Wheeler” locomotives – a large one – and a small one about the size of a switcher. The large one, PRR G5s #5740, is an MTH PS1 model that I have been running for nearly 20 years. The small one is a Bachmann On30 narrow-gauge 4-6-0 which is the same 1:48 scale as the G5s. It is smaller because it ran on track with a gauge of 30 inches compared to 56-1/2 inches for standard gauge. The On30 model is 13-1/2 inches in length (54 feet full scale) compared to 20 inches (80 feet full scale) for the PRR model. The tractive effort was about 9,000 pounds for the narrow-gauge locomotive compared to 41,000 pounds for the standard-gauge G5s. I have been collecting On30 models for years, hoping someday to build a two-rail, narrow-gauge model railroad in 1:48 scale. Now, it’s that or add an extension to the O-gauge layout – but I haven’t decided which…

MELGAR

Yay! Starting the 5th year of SWSat!

Per Usual we are off to a great start this week. Always love a visit to Shark Bay with BAR GP7 #63. Melgar now that you have your 3 rail layout in print maybe some narrow gauge can be integrated into it.

Here are some pics of my Dapol A1A Terrier Fenchurch on the NYSME 2rail Oscale layout and some almost matching vintage 1930’s/40’s cast bronze  electric motors that are another members.  

Have a great weekend. I can’t wait to see what you guys post.

1615 is taking an N5C to the car shop to get it ready for road use. An accumulation of various junk box parts, I've got almost all the parts for a complete example. The remains of a decal show the body was part of the Electronic Set from after the war. 

Happy SWSat!

It's snowing on Long Island! Forgot what that looked like. Oh well...guess I'll just have to stay inside and play with trains today.

Great photos and info so far today everyone.

Locally the PRR is yielding the ROW to Western Maryland RR and the B&O/ Chessie. The motive power is being swapped out and they will be shifting rolling stock back to the PRR. All of the exchanges should be completed later today.

Have a great weekend!

Bob

        Have a great snow/ train day Bob... 

A little PC action:

Tom

Snow reinforcements

Here's my new K-Line 0-4-0 switcher. Got it real cheap and it is in great condition. Runs nice and smooth.

Charlie

Seen at the anthracite museum at Ashland, Pa.

Lew

Good morning SWSAT friends!!  Great photos and info from all of you as always!  Today's photos are mainly of B&O Dockside 97 doing its thing and also include WM BL2, B&O GP9, Pennsy A5, Pennsy 44 tonner.  Have a great weekend everyone!!

This venerable Alco S-2 isn't going anywhere soon

Lew 

A little something different for today. Got one of those "box of old trains" offers and this was part of it.

ATSF switcher from early 60s. Some rust on the frame and a little dirty. But get this! It runs and runs well. E- unit cycles fine. Just needs a good cleaning up and some TLC.

These were made to last!

It bugged me that the CC remake of the UP 613 doesn't have a rear headlight so I set out to fix that.

Quick, cheap, dirty and simple. It works beautifully.

Lew

Dave Ripp. posted:

If I were standing where this picture was taken, I would start walking along the track to see where it goes and what is there...

MELGAR

MELGAR posted:

Dave Ripp. posted:

If I were standing where this picture was taken, I would start walking along the track to see where it goes and what is there...

MELGAR

I did, see in real trains topic Switch track photos.West Chicago Ill.

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

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Nice photos Brian, I really like the Eastman Kodak!

Good morning--flooding here on the Russian River this past week. Heavy snow up in the Sierra too. One of the problems caused was a Union Pacific freight train on the old Western Pacific Feather River Route hitting a large rock that had fallen from cliff above. Conductor, engineer and maintenance-of-way man together were able to push it off the track. Then, a good size landslide that made for a 22-hour day. Do hope that everyone else has a better week ahead.

briansilvermustang posted:

                       

I would like to have this scene on my model railroad.

MELGAR

Super photos all!  

MELGAR posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

                       

I would like to have this scene on my model railroad.

MELGAR

And I wanna' live in that house

Tnx for posting this, Brian.

Lew

MELGAR posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

                       

I would like to have this scene on my model railroad.

MELGAR

There's a spot very similar to this on the east side of Aurora. I was up in my bucket truck taking pictures of the scrap yard and a BNSF diesel creeped up behind me and blasted his horn and nearly scared me out of my bucket. When your level with the horn it's incredibly loud. I don't know why I didn't turn around and photograph it as I don't get to work that aria much.

dorfj2 posted:

Got this guy last week and absolutely love it - looks runs and sounds great 👍🏼 

I have it, too, as you know. Glad you like it! It looks like it means business.

Murnane posted:

@lee drennen - I love that little switcher, great C&O cars too!

@dorfj2 - great new switcher!  Is it the LC+ one?  now I want one!

@BAR GP7 #63 - as usual, I'm in awe looking at your Cape Shark pictures, the weathering on that sugar car is incredible!

@FRENCHTRAINS - I agree 100%, Weaver made some really nice steam engines, every time I see one at a show I'm tempted to grab it.  They carry their value forever too, there's a B&O Weaver switcher (brass) on eBay right now for around $500 and it will probably sell at that price.

I'll be offline a bit, everyone have a great day...Rich

 

Rich, yes, the NKP NW-2 is a LC+. I love mine.

A little switching today.

MELGAR posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

                       

I would like to have this scene on my model railroad.

MELGAR

A very effective alarm clock in the a.m.!

Soo Nut posted:

Lionel made its first RS-3 in this livery along with a Santa Fe. Around 1987 or 1988, I believe. 

geysergazer posted:

MELGAR posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

                       

I would like to have this scene on my model railroad.

MELGAR

And I wanna' live in that house

Tnx for posting this, Brian.

Lew

better watch yourself doing the yardwork!

Dave Warburton posted:

MELGAR posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

                       

I would like to have this scene on my model railroad.

MELGAR

A very effective alarm clock in the a.m.!

I wonder if the homeowner offers the crew coffee on the front porch.

MELGAR posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

                       

I would like to have this scene on my model railroad.

MELGAR

Mine is close, but not that close!

Tom

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone. Late to the party due to shoveling and running errands.More snow coming tomorrow to the Northeast. 

Here is my latest #228 prewar switcher on my workbench layout. 

Tom 

Murnane posted:

@lee drennen - I love that little switcher, great C&O cars too!

@dorfj2 - great new switcher!  Is it the LC+ one?  now I want one!

@BAR GP7 #63 - as usual, I'm in awe looking at your Cape Shark pictures, the weathering on that sugar car is incredible!

@FRENCHTRAINS - I agree 100%, Weaver made some really nice steam engines, every time I see one at a show I'm tempted to grab it.  They carry their value forever too, there's a B&O Weaver switcher (brass) on eBay right now for around $500 and it will probably sell at that price.

I'll be offline a bit, everyone have a great day...Rich

 

Rich: Thank you.

Johan